ARAMP1
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I have a small thing that I need powdercoated and all the local places won't mess with you with small stuff. Plus, I'd trust someone on here to do the proper masking. Anyone?
I've used them before for exhaust coating and I've been pleased with them.Performance coatings is who I'd call.
Thanks for the link. I'll check it out.Post on Powder365.com - you'll surely find someone close to you who'll do a great job. Lots of small-time guys there putting out amazing work.
I have a small thing that I need powdercoated and all the local places won't mess with you with small stuff. Plus, I'd trust someone on here to do the proper masking. Anyone?
Post on Powder365.com - you'll surely find someone close to you who'll do a great job. Lots of small-time guys there putting out amazing work.
We used to have a long-time member with his own PC biz. I think he went under. His website went down, and a long sought-after pipe wrench I found for one of my tool boards is stuck in his garage or basement or somewhere that I will never see again.
This wouldnt happen to be BULL that used to post on NEMS would it. Im also in Ma and if you want to PM me the info on the shop that closed I might be able to off some insight on what happened and maybe help you get your wrench back.
No kidding small world. I thought i remembered your sig from over there.
Thanks! This is kind of a hijack (and kind of long), but an interesting story regarding my avatar (and it's my thread anyway)...On an off topic note I love that Avatar.![]()
I enjoyed a few of the folks over there, but the general atmosphere is a bit...I dunno...rough. It's friendlier here.
Your name over there was "Ibuildmyown" wasn't it? Are you one of the Mustang guys?
Glad you decided to start posting. Hope it continues.
Thanks! This is kind of a hijack (and kind of long), but an interesting story regarding my avatar (and it's my thread anyway)...
Background: My father was a helicopter pilot in the Army for 33 years. He did two year-long tours in Vietnam. He is more decorated than anyone I know in the miltary today (55 air medals, a couple DFCs and a few others) and I will always look up to him as a military aviator and an officer.
Anyway, in Vietnam, nose art on the helos was minimal, so a lot of the pilots painted stuff on their helmets. Dad painted Snoopy flying on his doghouse on the back of his helmet.
Well, no big deal. End of story...until the mid 1980s.
One of my mom's best friends from childhood finally got married (in her 40s) and mom and dad went to have dinner with mom's friend and meet her new husband (we'll call him Bob since I don't remember his name) for the first time. It had been a while since mom and her frind had talked, so the dinner conversation was mostly them. Also, my father very rarely talks about Vietnam...and on the rare occasion he does, you have to drag it out of him. So, I'm not sure how it came up in conversation but Bob was in the marines and did a tour in Vietnam. The tour dates were traded and they found out that they overlapped about a month. Regardless, the chances of them running into each other were slim-to-none since Bob was in the marines and dad was in the army. But, Bob said he was on a helo one time. His platoon had been shot up and Bob had been shot. He remembers the helo coming in, landing and somebody threw Bob onto the helo as they were still taking fire. He said that the only thing he remembers before passing out was looking up and seeing Snoopy on the doghouse on the back of the pilot's helmet.
So, I've kind of adopted the Snoopy on his doghouse for myself when I fly.
I live up in edmond, but work at the base, so anywhere in between would be convenient.What part of okc are you in? I get my stuff coated at superior coatings off waterloo and i-35. They do a lot of small stuff too. They do a bunch of stuff for a guy out of Cresent (IIFRC) that does custom metal cutting( saw some switch and plug plates he made with a horse/western motif) They coat rims and hubs for me that I build and sell for HD's. Good people
Last time I uesed Jet Hot instead of getting things powder coated as I felt it was a better finish and easier to clean.
On an off topic note I love that Avatar.![]()
I live up in edmond, but work at the base, so anywhere in between would be convenient.
Nice work! Is that your dually? I've got one that body style too that I'm putting a 4-71 Detroit Diesel in. Anyway, I'll be PMing you shortly.I do powder coating. You're welcome to contact me via PM if your parts are small enough to be shipped affordably back and forth to Texas. I'm not about to shut up shop or go anywhere either. I've been at it a long time.
Some of my work:
www.kneeknockertruck.blogspot.com
Yes sir, that's my dually. I'm doing a full frame off restoration on it as my time allows. If you looked at my blog, be sure and check the previous pages too. It goes back a lot of pages if you click on the "previous" button at the bottom of each page.
Let me know about what kind of work you need done. I've done a lot of mail order powder coating work in the past. My screen name over on the chevy truck board is Tx Firefighter.

So, I've kind of adopted the Snoopy on his doghouse for myself when I fly.
that is a cool story... thank you for sharing.
